Animation Job Trends in the North of England

Animation
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 271 276
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 +138
Permanent jobs citing Animation 7 14 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.067% 0.15% 0.064%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.49% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - - £25,920
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% +24.29% -44.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,375 £40,000
90th Percentile - £47,050 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -32.00% - +13.64%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Animation falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,089 2,842 2,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.93% 30.60% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 1,289 2,135
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,067 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Animation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Animation job vacancy trend in the North of England

Animation
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Animation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Animation

Animation
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North East - 3 £42,500 - 2
North West +28 2 £45,000 -
Yorkshire -14 2 - - 1
Animation
England

Animation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe XD
1 2 (28.57%) DaVinci Resolve
1 2 (28.57%) Final Cut Pro
1 2 (28.57%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Canva
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
General
1 5 (71.43%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Advertising
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Animator
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) Framer.js
2 2 (28.57%) Jest
2 2 (28.57%) Next.js
2 2 (28.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Robotics
2 2 (28.57%) Graphic Design
2 2 (28.57%) Photography
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (28.57%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Storyboarding
2 3 (42.86%) Business Development
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (42.86%) Storytelling
3 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) B2B
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
3 2 (28.57%) Creative Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Fintech
3 2 (28.57%) Product Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Videography
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Instagram
1 2 (28.57%) TikTok
1 2 (28.57%) YouTube